March 10, 2006

Finding Promise in Pain

By KARIN FISCHER

Using hurricanes as a rationale, Louisiana tries to succeed where other states have failed in making reforms in higher education

When Louisiana faced a fiscal crisis in the immediate aftermath of last year's destructive hurricanes, higher-education officials were ordered by Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, a Democrat, to slash $71.4-million from the budgets of public colleges and universities. It was the largest cut absorbed by any state agency, and, along with the loss of $154-million

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